Anyone remember this model that Renny Yater built in ’65? I can’t say that I do, and I have always been a Yater fan (my second board was a 10′ 6″ Spoon that had been cut down to an 8′ 6″ pintail…sorry to say we did that back then). I still have a Spoon that was shaped a couple of years ago – it’s one of my daily drivers. This one is a very nice example of a board from the noseriding era of surfing…thanks to Tim from Santa Barbara for sharing these photos!
Last Wave Originals Community
Last Wave Originals was born to celebrate the surfing lifestyle. Our aim is to make this site a lot more than a place to find vintage logos on classic surfer t-shirts and stuff. We aim to help perpetuate the soul of surfing. All you have to do is send an e-mail to customerservice@lastwave.com with your copy and any photo(s) you want to include, and we'll post it. We want this section to be shared by all who visit us here at Last Wave, please be cool...thanks.
’65 Yater Nose Specializer
August 2nd, 2010
West Africa
June 18th, 2010
Our friend Randy Rarick just returned from a surf trip to West Africa and sent us a couple of pics. Nice little left point break, for sure. Trouble is, you can’t really tell how big it is because there’s no one on it!! Thanks for sharing the photos, Randy…looks like you had a great time!
Early Fish
May 27th, 2010
My dad donated this surfboard to the Surfing Heritage Foundation Museum in Clemente. He made the board himself while working at a surf shop in Huntington Beach when he was in his 20′s. I believe it was called a Dyno because of the label on the board. Unfortunately, I don’t know much about it except that the three eagles were an early symbol used by David Nuuhiwa, and before it became a single eagle, David had some kind of agreement with Dyno Surfboards. There’s something unique about the shape of the board, referred to as a “rocketfish”. Last year the board was in a booth at the surfing US Open in Huntington Beach, and you’ll probably see it there again this summer. My dad passed away shortly after donating his board and for Christmas, I would buy him t-shirts from Last Wave Originals, so I thought I would share his story here!
Thanks to Carrie M. of Huntington Beach, CA for this post!
Hurricane Bill
April 1st, 2010- These awesome photos were taken by Dave Doerr, a buddy of Last Wave customer (and good friend!) Rick Wilkinson. They were taken in August, 2009 – a super clean swell generated by Hurricane Bill. Where? Let’s just say it’s somewhere in Florida…
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Bear Over Afghanistan
March 2nd, 2010
In September of last year, one of our Last Wave customers ordered a Bear Surfboards t-shirt for her husband, who is stationed in Afghanistan. We threw a Bear sticker in with the order, and look where it ended up! In the cockpit of an FA/18 fighter jet! He’s a member of the VFA-97 Warhawks squadron, and proudly flying the Bear Surfboards colors! The photo is taken while actually flying over Afghanistan…hope we’re not getting anyone in trouble!
Last Wave thanks Rebecca in Missouri for sharing this very cool photo.
